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  December 2017 – Riaz Talukder is a husband and father of two US born sons Rafi age 15 and Radi age 11. Riaz first came to the US in 1981 but went back in 1998. On August 18th, 2010 he was arrested by immigration officers at home and was sent to Elizabeth Detention Center…

He’s home! After 5 months in detention, Hardat Sampat is back with his family, and came by the DRUM office yesterday People Power got him out! ✊ And in particular, his wife Savita and his sister Sherry (both of whom are DRUM members) got him out! On May 30, 2017, Queens resident and DRUM member’s…

September 2017 – The DACA database is a registry of the names and addresses of millions of undocumented immigrants (800,000 DACA applicants and the millions of their family members and co-residents), and the fate of this existing registry is currently in the hands of forces that are openly hostile to immigrant communities. When U.S. Attorney…

  August 15th 2017 – It is our duty to fight for our freedom, it is our duty to win! Over 700 people gathered with DRUM, The New York Immigration Coalition, MinKwon Center for Community Action, Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Families for Freedom, Make the Road NY, and many others…

  August 5th 2017 – Today 100 community members – as young as 7 years old and as old as 70 years old – gathered to celebrate the labor girls and womxn do in our homes, our communities, our world. Surrounded by art we created collectively to represent our visions of a liberated girls and…